Si bien que je peux vivre sans

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

So well that I can live without

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

So well that I can live without --
I love thee -- then How well is that?
As well as Jesus?
Prove it me
That He -- loved Men --
As I -- love thee --

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1929 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "As well as Jesus?", c1935 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "As well as Jesus?", 1995 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Si bien que je peux vivre sans

Language: French (Français) after the English

Si bien que je peux vivre sans -
Je t'aime - alors Comment est-ce bien ?
Aussi bien que Jésus ?
Prouve-le moi
Qu'Il - a aimé les Hommes -
Comme moi - je t'aime -

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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1929
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 28